Sunday, September 9, 2012

RECORD NUMBER OF MUSLIM DELEGATES AT DNC 'Sign of growing civic engagement and acceptance in the Democratic Party'

RECORD NUMBER OF MUSLIM DELEGATES AT DNC

'Sign of growing civic engagement and acceptance in the Democratic Party'

(WASHINGTON POST) The number of Muslim delegates attending the Democratic National Convention has quadrupled since 2004, according to a Muslim advocacy group.

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations counts more than 100 Muslim delegates representing some 20 states at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., this week. That’s up from 25 delegates in 2004, according to CAIR.

CAIR government affairs coordinator Robert McCaw said the numbers were “a sign of the American Muslim community’s growing civic engagement and acceptance in the Democratic Party.” He also said that Democrats had targeted outreach to American Muslims.